"Access is Denied" on both drives.

[Guest]

I'm in my Administrator account,
And when I double-click on the drives do they give me this error:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5050/error2mk6.gif

....Except I'm not really denied access.
I can still type the drives "C:/" or "D:/" in the address bar and it will
work fine.


Here's a screenshot of the right click menu of the drive:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5050/error2mk6.gif

Those two mysterious, gibberish options that have somehow appeared at the
top also give me the same error. How do I get rid of them?

If right click and press "Open" there is no problem.
But I'm always denied when accessing via a direct shortcut, or direct
clicking, or via those two gibberish options.


How exactly do I fix this?
It seemed to me like malware, but I scanned with several scanners and found
nothing. I am very confused.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Asher,

Try the tool "FixDrive":
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...on-a-mapped-network-drive-in-My-Computer.html
(Ignore the article title/desc)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm in my Administrator account,
And when I double-click on the drives do they give me this error:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5050/error2mk6.gif

....Except I'm not really denied access.
I can still type the drives "C:/" or "D:/" in the address bar and it will
work fine.


Here's a screenshot of the right click menu of the drive:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5050/error2mk6.gif

Those two mysterious, gibberish options that have somehow appeared at the
top also give me the same error. How do I get rid of them?

If right click and press "Open" there is no problem.
But I'm always denied when accessing via a direct shortcut, or direct
clicking, or via those two gibberish options.


How exactly do I fix this?
It seemed to me like malware, but I scanned with several scanners and found
nothing. I am very confused.

 

[Mr Foobar]

Thanks

Hi Asher,

Try the tool "FixDrive":
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...on-a-mapped-network-drive-in-My-Computer.html
(Ignore the article title/desc)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm in my Administrator account,
And when I double-click on the drives do they give me this error:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5050/error2mk6.gif

....Except I'm not really denied access.
I can still type the drives "C:/" or "D:/" in the address bar and it will
work fine.


Here's a screenshot of the right click menu of the drive:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5050/error2mk6.gif

Those two mysterious, gibberish options that have somehow appeared at the
top also give me the same error. How do I get rid of them?

If right click and press "Open" there is no problem.
But I'm always denied when accessing via a direct shortcut, or direct
clicking, or via those two gibberish options.


How exactly do I fix this?
It seemed to me like malware, but I scanned with several scanners and found
nothing. I am very confused.